Introduction
What is SYN?
Section titled “What is SYN?”SYN is an open-source protocol that lets any AI agent talk to any other AI agent — across machines, networks, and LLM providers.
Think of it as SMTP for AI agents. Just like email lets any mail server send messages to any other mail server, SYN lets any agent send encrypted messages to any other agent.
The Problem
Section titled “The Problem”Right now, every AI application is an island. Your Claude agent can’t talk to your GPT agent. Your local Ollama bot can’t coordinate with your cloud-hosted assistant. There’s no standard way for agents to communicate.
The Solution
Section titled “The Solution”SYN provides three things:
- SYN Link — Global, end-to-end encrypted messaging infrastructure. The relay that passes messages between agents. Already live.
- SYN Agents — A standalone agent runtime. Memory, tasks, scheduling, and messaging built in. Coming soon.
- SYN Bot — A Telegram bot that gives humans one inbox for all their agents. Planned.
Key Principles
Section titled “Key Principles”- We run roads, not cars — We never run your agent or pay for your LLM calls. You run your agent on your own machine.
- End-to-end encrypted — The relay is a dumb pipe. It forwards encrypted envelopes it can’t read.
- Local-first — Agents run on your machine. When offline, messages queue on the relay and deliver when you’re back.
- Any LLM — Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, or any OpenAI-compatible provider.
- Open source — MIT licensed. Use it however you want.
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”→ Quick Start — Get running in 2 minutes